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  1. What have you learned from being on this forum?

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    I've learned that a jazz discussion board has no place for political discussion-witness the disrespectful crap being spouted by johnny e about Reagan today.

    Why, exactly, is a jazz board not the place for political discussion? Are jazz people less able or less elgible to discuss politics than others? Or do you think that political discussions should be confined to boards dedicated to politics?

    And would the same disrespectful comments on a political discussion board irritate you less, somehow?

    The political discussion here is mostly limited to the politics forum, if you like that kind of segregation. Me? I grow increasingly concerned at the kind of compartmentalization you apparently value. We need to listen to one another, y'know?

  4. Phish is breaking up

    in Miscellaneous Music

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    Just what JazzDog said. I was "on the bus" from 1993-2000, for pretty much the same reasons. In that time, and to my ear, Phish were absolutely, jaw-droppingly great more often than not. But I'm glad they've decided to call it quits. Since their hiatus, they've seemed to be doing it halfheartedly, just going through the motions. Why do that?

  6. Chick Corea's Legacy

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    I'll put in a very positive recommendation for both the Origin band and the New Trio (the latter group is the rhythm section of the former ensemble). I've really enjoyed Origin's A Week at the Blue Note (6 discs), which presents some very challenging, searching music. The New Trio's Past, Present and Futures is something of a return to the approach of Now He Sings, Now He Sobs, and a thousand times more interesting than the Akoustic Band stuff of the 1980s, imo.

    Corea's legacy? Time will tell, but he'll probably be remembered most for whatever innovations were made by Return to Forever, if fusion should prove to be something more than a digression in jazz.

  7. Now reading...

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    That's pretty good, but I thought his novel "Blindness" was even better ... way better, I'd say.

    The plot of "All the Names" seemed a little too much like he was borrowing from Kafka.

    I really liked Blindness too - and The Gospel According to Jesus Christ - so I'm persisting with Saramago. I'm not that far into All the Names, but yeah, it's pretty Kafka-esque so far. But then Blindness borrows, too - from Camus, Golding, etc....

  14. What music did you buy today?

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted · Edited by gdogus

    I've admired Henderson's State of the Tenor from afar for a while now. What do you think?

    What do you mean by 'from afar?' Are you saying you've not yet purchased the CD? Do you mean you've enjoyed 'State of the Tenor' as a fan? Meaning, afar from the music and the players yet, right there, enjoying the music as any jazz fan should? Just wondering.

    I mean that I've heard a lot about the album and a couple of tracks from it, have meant to buy it over the years, but haven't yet. Thanks for the toughtful assessment, though!

  17. How does one refrain from buying CDs??

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted · Edited by gdogus

    Since moving last summer, I have spent a lot of time listening to and looking at what I accumulated over the past few years, and I have been a net seller for about six months [...] I don't buy CDs anymore at Tower or J&R, where I used to lurk.  My credit card statements look great.  Invest your time selling, and you will learn a lot about your own tastes, and fill in the blanks about the value of your time and your money.

    That's some intriguing advice. I'm a pillar of self-restraint compared to some who've posted in this thread, but I do like the idea of concentrating on and exploring one's tastes as a way to reduce CD spending. Seems more productive, somehow, than an artificially-imposed buying ban or burying the jar of music money on the backyard, or whatever.

  19. Richard Thompson

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted · Edited by gdogus

    Love RT, but haven't been following is work lately. I liked Fairport Convention well enough, but really enjoyed RT's 1970s-1980s work, solo and with Linda. I did see him live (completely solo acoustic) here in Chattanooga at a nice little outdoor show a couple of years ago. He blew everybody away.

    I'm glad the classic I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight is getting a remastering - damn, it really needs it; my version (from the late 1980s, I think) sounds awful.

    But my all time favorite album is Shoot Out the Lights.

  21. Jefferson Airplane reissues

    in Recommendations

    Posted · Edited by gdogus

    It's the Crosby connection that has me interested.

    I only have the 2 disc compilation of the Airplane's music plus the reissue of Baxters so don't know their music that well.

    But I'm a huge fan of IF I COULD ONLY REMEMBER MY NAME. I'm hoping for just a little of the rambling gorgeousnouss of that disc.

    Then you want Paul Kantner - Blows Against the Empire (I think it's technically a Paul Kantner album, "with" the "Jefferson Starship"). I love it. I also want to put in a good word for Baron Von Tollbooth and the Chrome Nun. Not at the same level as Blows Against the Empire, but a really fine sequence nonetheless.

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